The two rounds of the Bundesliga were a warm-up for the most important match in the second part of the season - Borussia and Bayern will play probably the decisive 90 minutes in Dortmund in the fight for the title of German champion. The Bavarians come to "Signal Iduna Park" with a four-point advantage over the "millionaires", it is clear that any outcome other than defeat would mean an excellent position for them before the last six rounds.
- This is a decisive week for us. Borussia, then Fortuna on Saturday - after those two games we can say how close or far we are from the title - says Bayern midfielder Thomas Müller.
Both teams entered the resumption of the season after the pandemic furiously - Borussia outclassed Schalke (4:0) and Wolfsburg (2:0), while Bayern was safe against Union in Berlin (2:0) and Eintracht (5: 2). That is why it is difficult to assess who has an advantage over a "classic" that is condemned to be played without the presence of an audience. Both of them enter the derby after a series of six triumphs in the championship...
- I hope that we will show what makes us strong and that we will leave Dortmund with a smile - said Miller.
In the first part of the season, on the debut of Hansi Flick in the Bundesliga, Bayern outclassed Borussia in Munich - it was 4:0, with goals from Robert Lewandowski (two), Serge Gnabry and Mats Hummels (own goal).
This will also be a clash between two of today's best goal scorers - Lewandowski and Erling Haaland. The Pole is the top scorer in the Bundesliga with 27 goals, the Norwegian scored 10 from January to today, but counting the appearances in Salzburg in the first part of the season, he has the same number as Leva (they scored 41 times in 35 matches).
- We can enjoy watching such two strikers in the Bundesliga - said former Bayern player Giovane Elber recently.
The characteristic of the clash between Borussia and Bayern is that in the last six duels, the guest has not won, since November 2017, when the Bavarians celebrated in Dortmund (3:1).
- Since I've been here, we've always lost to Bayern away from home and won at home. I want us to continue that series - said the "millionaire" defender Manuel Akanđi.
Bayern coach Hansi Flick cannot count on the injured Tiago Alcantara for today's derby (18.30:14 p.m.), the performance of Jerome Boateng and Gnabri is also uncertain. In the home team, there will be no Mark Reuss, probably not even Axel Witzel, while Jadon Sancho (scorer of 16 goals in the season, also has XNUMX assists) is announced on the bench.
- He is not ready, he is ten days behind his teammates - explained Borussia coach Lucien Favre.
3 the Borussia Dortmund player scored more than 10 goals this season. It was done by Jadon Sancho, who scored 14 times, and Marco Reus 11 and Erling Haaland 10.
27 goals in the German championship was given by Robert Levandovski. He is the top scorer in the Bundesliga, the only one who follows that pace is Leipzig striker Timo Werner (24).
82 minutes, on average, Robert Lewandowski needs to shake the opponent's net in the Bundesliga. Haaland is even more deadly - scoring a goal every 69 minutes since arriving from Salzburg in January
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